Collar fastener



P. M. KEMTER.

COLLAR FASTENER. APPLICATION mp0 AUG-U28, 1920.

1,402,867, Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL M. KEMTER, citizenof the United States, residing at Clermont, in the county of Columbiaand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Collar Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an' improved collar fastener and has as one ofits principal objects to provide a device of this character which Wlllnot become accidentally dis laced.

further object of the inventionis to provide a device wherein a collarcannot work loose or out of engagement with the fastener.

And the invention has a still further object to provide a device whichmay be readily applied and which, when applied, will be neat andattractive in appearance.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional view showing my improved collar fastener inposition securing a collar to the neck band of a shirt, the collar andneck band being conventionally illustrated,

Figure 2 is an elevation of the device,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device,

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken medially through the device, and

Figure 5 is a detail view showing the spring jaw ring of the capemployed.

In carrying the invention into effect, I employ a link 10. This link ispreferably formed from a length of suitable resilient wire and the sidesthereof are, as shown in. Figure 3 of the drawing, bent laterally inwardtoward each otherrat a point substantially midway between the ends ofthe link to provide a medial reduced throat 11. Further, the sides ofthe link are, as particularly brought out in Figure 4, curvedlongitudinally toward each end of the link, said sides being curvedinone direction toward one end of the link and in a reverse directiontoward the other end of the link so that the ends 12 of the link lie inrelatively ofiset planes. The link ends 12 are bent inwardly at theirintermediate portions toward the throat 11 to provide lateral offsets atthe ends of which are defined hinge members 18; As will be seen, thelink is of such construction that a single length of suitable resilientwire may be readily bent to form the link, the endsfof the length ofwire preferably meeting at the offset in one end of the shank.Swingingly mounted upon the upper end of the shank is a stud 14wh1ch isformed with a spherically shaped head and is providedwith an enlargedannular-base15 adapted to overlie the throat 11 of the link at its rearside. from the base of said stud at opposite sides thereof are paralleltangential arms 16 which, at their free end portions are bent link andhingedly connecting the stud therewith." Swingingly mounted uponthelower Extending V Specification of Letters Patent. jPai gn ted n 1@1922; I

Application filed llugust 2S, 1920. Serial No. 406,559.

to provide hinge loops .17 embracing the hinge members 13 at the upperend of the o said flange is a split annular jaw ring 20. As shown indetail in Figure 5, said ring is preferably formed from a suitablelength of resilient wire and the end portions thereof are bent inwardlyin parallel relation to provide a pair of chordally disposed coactingjaws 21 lying at opposite sides of the axis of the cap centrallythereof. These jaws are, of course, designed to receive the stud 14cthereberwecn resiliently engaging beneath the head of the stud forsecuring the cap thereon. Extending from the cap at opposite sidesthereof are parallel tangential arms 22 the free end portions of whichare bent to provide hinge lugs 23 embracing the hinge members 13 at thelower end of the link and hingedly connecting the cap therewith. As willbe appreciated, after the stud 14 has been swung downwardly to projectthrough the throat 11 of the link, as shown in Figureil, the cap maysimply be swung upwardly and engaged over the head of the stud.

In- Figure 1 of the drawings,I have shown the manner in which myimproved collar fastener'is applied. In this figure, the neck band of ashirt is conventionally shown at 24 and a collar at 25. Initially, thestud 14: is inserted through the button holes in the overlapped ends ofthe neck band from the inner side thereof when the link 10 is swungdownwardly to overlie the outer side of the neck band. The flaps of thecollar are then, in the usual manner, en-

gaged with the stud so that, as shown in igure 1, the link will thus bedisposed between the collar and the neck'band, the upper rearwardlycurved end portion of the link extending rearwardly over the upper edgeof the neck band and the lower forwardly curvedend portion of the linkextending outwardly beneath the lower edge of the collar. After thecollar is secured by the stud the cap 18is then swung upwardly andengaged over the head of the stud confronting the outer-side of thecollar so that the cap will thus serve to not only lock the stud engagedthrough the neck band and the flaps of thecollar but will also serve toprevent the flaps of the collar from acci dentally working ofl of thestud. A secure fastening for the collar is thus provided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

.lJA device of the character described including a stud, a cap therefor,and means swingingly connecting the cap and stud and formed to receivethe stud therethrough engaged by the cap.

2. A device of the character described including a stud, a cap therefor,and means swingingly connecting the cap and stud for movement intoengagement with each other, one lying at the front of said means and theother at the rear thereof.

3. A device of the character described including a link, a studswingingly mounted upon one end portion of the link, and a capswingingly mounted upon the other end portion of the link and movablestud.

4. A device of the character described including a link havingrelatively offset ends, a stud swingingly mounted upon one end of thelink and movable to a position at the rear of the link projectingtherethrough, and a cap swingingly mounted upon the other end of thelink and movable to a position in front of the link engaging the stud.

5. A device ofthe character described including a link, a stud havingarms hingedly engaged with one end of the link, and a cap having armshingedly connectedwiththe other cnd'of the link and movable to coactwith the stud.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

PAUL M. KEMTER; [1 s] to engage the

